India, July 10 -- Bollywood actor Alia Bhatt's former personal assistant Vedika Prakash Shetty has been arrested for allegedly siphoning off nearly Rs.77 lakh from the actor's production house. According to police sources, Shetty splurged the stolen money on iPhones, iPads, high-end kitchen appliances, and sent money to at least five other individuals. What remained, she confessed, was spent on lavish parties and shopping sprees.

The 32-year-old, once entrusted with the daily affairs of one of India's biggest stars, was tracked down to her sister's home in Bengaluru on Tuesday by the Juhu police. She had allegedly been on the run for months - first fleeing to her native village near Mangalore and later to Rajasthan - after an FIR was fil...